Harold Garde – featured artist

I only found Harold a short time ago, so I haven’t had a chance to really dig in and explore his work in detail yet. I know I love his personality, and his bright, bold paintings, tho. What a sweetie. I want to watch his Working Artist film, but I can’t seem to find it anywhere. Maybe it hasn’t been released yet? I’m going to keep looking for it.

You can read more about Mr. Garde on Wikipedia, and you can visit his website here.

About this featured artist series: I pretty much always keep my nose to the grindstone, and rarely look up from my own work. I’m so busy in my studio, who has time for anything else? That’s what I used to think, anyway, but I want to change that a bit, and spend 2017 exploring other artists’ work. My thinking is this.. maybe by understanding what makes other artists tick, I can better understand myself, and why art is so important to me. I hate the thought of keeping these gems all to myself, so I thought I’d share them with you. Look for new posts every Thursday.

Comments

Wow this looks so interesting…keeping my eye out for it too!! Also there is one coming out called Maudi about a Canadian artist that I am so looking forward to seeing. Sorry I am late catching up… I love reading your blog like a good book!! You are so interesting for me!!

Thanks for the intro to Garde. I especially like the first painting you posted, at the top, with its distortions and feeling of ‘exposed’ layers. I’m intrigued by what little I’ve just learned about the Strappo technique.

Painter, licensed artist, blogger. My artwork can be seen on Criminal Minds on CBS. If you like my art, and want to license it, please contact me.

Above all else, it is about leaving a mark that I existed: I was here. I was hungry. I was defeated. I was happy. I was sad. I was in love. I was afraid. I was hopeful. I had an idea and I had a good purpose and that’s why I made works of art. – Felix Gonzalez-Torres